Lynn Island

Lynn Island
Lynn Ø
Lynn Island (Greenland)
Geography
Location Greenland Sea
Coordinates 80°07′N 19°13′W / 80.12°N 19.22°W / 80.12; -19.22Coordinates: 80°07′N 19°13′W / 80.12°N 19.22°W / 80.12; -19.22
Area 230.9 km2 (89.2 sq mi)
Administration
Zone Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population 0

Lynn Island (Danish: Lynn Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland.

Geography

Lynn Island is a coastal island located to the west of much larger Hovgaard Island and to the south of the Holm Land Peninsula.[1] The island has an area of 230.9 km ² and has a shoreline of 65.7 kilometres.[2] It was surveyed by the Danmark Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland 1906–1908.[3]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.
1911 German map of NE Greenland showing Lynn Island.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lynn Ø
  2. ↑ UNEP
  3. ↑ G. Amdrup: Report on the Danmark Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland 1906–1908. Meddelelser om Grønland. vol. 41, 1913, pp. 143–147


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